Jorge J. Dieppa, MD, a general practitioner, along with about 24 other suspects in Florida, was charged with healthcare fraud as a part of a federal crackdown that charged 94 people in five cities with plotting to defraud Medicare of…
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care will seek comments to its proposed standards revision from Aug. 2-31.
Federal enforcement charged 94 people across five cities for healthcare fraud that amounted to $251 million, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
As the president and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates and chair of the recently launched ASC Advocacy Committee, Andrew Hayek is in a good position to comment on the challenges facing surgery centers. In a July release from the ASC…
Steven L. Robinson, MD, FACS, a board member at Riverside Outpatient Surgery Center, a six-OR multispecialty ASC in Columbus, Ohio, comments on four of his top concerns. Dr. Robinson is a board-certified plastic surgeon. His ASC, which has more than…
Eye Centers of Florida has added Rodney J. Smith, OD, MBA, FAAO, FCOVD, to its team of physicians, according to a Naples Daily News report.
Indiana is initiating a new way of cracking down on healthcare fraud by requiring that all state employees present birth certificates, marriage licenses and tax returns by the end of July to prove their families are legally eligible for health…
President Obama's new healthcare overhaul is creating a huge political obstacle for the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, according to a news report by Kaiser Health News.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is now offering an infection prevention course for ASCs, according to a news release by AORN.
The owner of Wahiawa (Hawaii) General Hospital has applied for a CON to build a new ASC in Mililani, with construction tentatively starting this fall, according to a report by Pacific Business News.